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There is no Wikipedia page for "Sanathan Dharma". The closest I can get is Sanātanī, but it appears this term does not cover significant elements of Hinduism.
by panglott 10y ago
There is no Wikipedia page for "Sanathan Dharma". The closest I can get is Sanātanī, but it appears this term does not cover significant elements of Hinduism. Wikipedia says that this term was popularized in 1921, but etymonline says "Hinduism" has been present in English since 1786.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%C4%81tan%C4%AB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%C4%81tan%C4%AB
Hinduism is ancient, but a living, evolving, and extremely diverse religion. To an outsider, it looks more like a cluster of religions than a unified religion. So it's hard to name appropriately. "Vedic religion" is mostly used for historical traditions more than living ones.